THREE DAYS ON THE BAY

Virtual visions brought vigor to the San Francisco LinuxWorld. This year's gala featured data centers, super heros, and our very own Linux Pro Magazine booth.

San Francisco is always an important moment on the LinuxWorld calendar, and vendors and community groups save big announcements for the show. Although the excitement level probably peaked a few years ago, this year’s LinuxWorld SF was just as interesting and probably better attended than last year’s event. LinuxWorld shared the space with IDG’s Next Generation Data Center show. The data center theme used to seem dry and remote for the everyday IT crowd, but new technologies have brought the topic to the foreground, and the two conferences co-existed with surprising harmony.

Booths, tools, toys, conference sessions, and birds of a feather – this year’s LinuxWorld provided few surprises. But a look beyond the routine revealed some emerging new perspectives on the state of Linux.